Today's News: Our Take - FX Orders Howard Gordon's Tyrant to Series

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Dec 11, 2013 at 6:01 PM

FX has given a series order to Tyrant, from Homeland producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, the network announced Wednesday.Tyrant tells the story of an unassuming American family that is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. ...

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FX has given a series order to Tyrant, from Homeland producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, the network announced Wednesday.

Tyrant tells the story of an unassuming American family that is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. The ensemble cast includes Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Ashraf Barhom, Moran Atias, Noah Silver, Anne Winters, Fares Fares, Salim Daw, Justin Kirk, Jordana Spiro, Mehdi Dehbi, and Alice Krige.

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"With Tyrant, Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff and Craig Wright have produced a beautiful television pilot that will be a groundbreaking television series," FX Networks CEO John Landgraf said in a statement. "Tyrant introduces characters and a world that have never been explored in a dramatic television series format. There is a reason a bidding war broke out over this project: it grabs you as all great epics do and simply refuses to let go!"

David Yates will direct the pilot, which was written bv Raff. Raff and Gordon will executive-produce alongside writer/producer Craig Wright (Six Feet Under, Lost).

Production on Tyrant will kick off in March in Tel Aviv. The series is slated to debut next summer.

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